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DOE’s Berkeley Lab charts 75% of the visible universe

Quantum ZeitgeistAugust 11, 20265 min read

The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys released a 5.6-trillion-pixel map of nearly 4 billion celestial objects, with support from scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The largest-ever 2D color map of the universe, comprising 5.6 trillion pixels, is now available to astronomers and the public thanks to the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team. This expansive map details nearly 4 billion celestial objects, offering unprecedented detail in observations of the extragalactic universe across 75% of the sky. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; the Legacy Surveys data has already been cited in over 1,800 published science papers.…

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